The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-14

dian trade has fallen back 10 about Ia,
| standard of two years before.
~ regards the prospects uf wheat Cultur,
| IN India, recent Washington dispatch give,
AN abstract from the report of Consul Gen
cral Bonham at Calcutta. the date of which
~ not given, but which state, the increased
shipment Of 1886 rs compared with 1885, and
expresses the fear that with the cheap natiy,
labor of India and her constantly growing
n'llltlcs Tor transportation, the United
States will iiud her u still more formidabl,
competitor hereafter The Mark Lane IN.
pres however says that the quantities oI
wheat imported from India during the thrc,
YEAR, have not been sufficient "a exercise the
depressing influence on the market which
has been assigned 10 them, and that IL il III,
vast supply from Amcrica aud the pussibil
ny oi its further increase, which alright,
The ruiscr ut wheat az home
california ia 1856 sent us more " heat
than all the cXpurts-in Whcat-irnm the
Atlantic .cabolrd. vet the exporting power
at the Naft continent eat ui the Rocky
mountains may az any time develop itself Ia
an extent NJ which the Pacific slope cannot
possibly be capable. although the resource,
ui california aud Oregon alone are hy many
considered Ia hc equal tn the supply oi
nearly unc-hulf ~ oar needs In the all
important item ~ flour IL Will hc seen that
America j. sending us more and more, and
II D. believed 10y many IN the trade that the
grades We receive are murli oi the nature oi
y hyc-Product which the great milling ,,tab.
lishmCnt~ Of the nurihwc., can sell d.. at a
profit nt lower price Than they have ~
yet received for II, their main profit h,ing
made lay the sale ~ the higher grade which
arr consumed there. II this j. so-and We
have reasons 10 think that il i,-thc outlook
for the British farmer i sad indeed"
\ carefully prepared article entitled Com
petition ~ WhcatlGroNing' appeared last
summer in the London Quarterly Review. In
which the conclusion reached was suhstan-
tally that the present development of wheat
growing, AMI consequent reduction IN value.
j. oi an abnormal and temporary nature. II
- shown that the AREA Uf wheat in this
country had nearly reached IT, maximum a.
long ngp ~ 1850 and ha- since been nucuiat-
ing Instead ~ showing pgr, 'stcnt growth.
And " is argued that " our population con-
tinucs Ia increase IN the anne proportion A.
from 1870 Ia 1870 u.s.. Ia 5OWsl.Wl our in
creased consumption will rapidly absorb our
present wheat surplus The quantities We
riis" per acre, and the prices now brought
therefor, arr cited ~ show that thcrr j. no
present inducrmcnt Ia an increase " acreage
here; first, ''ihc Increasing demand " the
world for wheat must send price. up to
rcmunertiyc standard, and hen American
production will once morv advance steadily"
A. a. India, We puotc the following extract
frum the same article:
owing Ia climatic conditions and ocra-
siunal inminc,, India j. an uncertain source
Of supply. For instance. after having sent
~ about l,lUtUpO Or. IN is57. the quantity
fell of tu les than 2inOp gr.. IN ls5p AMI
was only a little over 5Ol.Vpp qr,. in issn.
when We were IN need Of larger foreign
supply than ever before, on account NJ the
extremely unprplnctiyc harvest ~ is5D In
this country. Since iSsU however the SUP.
ply has not been les than ~ On ar. f.r
any year. aud IN iN,i Il Wa about sn Olp
qr.. o larger quantity than had been prcyi.
uusly s'ut o. az from India. The AREA 81
land under wheat Ia India hn. CRAFTY in.
creased 1T late. though. owing in the defect.
i've character ~ agricultural statistics in the
past no one ,an tel with any nppma,h tn
accuracy what The increase hi. lccn The
total ARIA under wheat IN India IN lsS,.>g
was not quite =, Ju1Usp acr,.. and the Weld
about 32uDUO quarters. or n3 bushels Ter
acre. The normal AREA, o. it ). termed IL
about aiWnpu nrr'., and The normal ~ OF
binary average Weld T. ~ bushels tcr acre.
since 1883 there I" nu rrasnn tn suppose that
any large increase in the WHEAT ARA has TAX
en- place. '--Iult,aior and Country ten
tltman.